Tag: tuonela magazine
REVIEW: Ensiferum – Thalassic (Musicalypse Archive)
ENSIFERUM's heroic heavy metal journey has finally brought them to the sea, 3 years after the release of "Two Paths." Their eighth studio album,...
REVIEW: Halysis – Cerulean
HALYSIS is a young band from Lahti, formed in 2015, and they released their debut “Cerulean” on 15 May 2020 independently. The Finnish quartet...
27.6.2020 Battle Beast: Worldwide Live Stream @ Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki
Since the release of their highly acclaimed album, “Bringer of Pain,” in 2017, BATTLE BEAST have toured the world almost constantly. I have seen...
REVIEW: Rantama – Rantama
During the lonely lockdown days, one has had to find some wholesome ways to stay occupied. For me, this meant working through my list...
Interview with Balance Breach — “You can release a debut album...
Having won a slot at Tuska Open Air Festival in 2019, Finnish metalcore act BALANCE BREACH embarked upon a successful journey towards the release...
REVIEW: Dark Sarah – Grim
My most sincere apologies go out to all the information technology startups, but it is a cold, hard fact that cinematic, orchestral metal is...
(2000) Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage: Anniversary special
In the late 1990’s, two bands named OVERCAST and AFTERSHOCK fell apart, and from their remains rose a new band named KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. The...
Interview with Poem — “There’s a certain beauty in melancholy that...
Hailing from Athens, POEM is a four-piece progressive metal act formed in 2006. Their latest studio effort "Unique" was released in 2018. We had...
Mercury Circle premiere brand new music video.
MERCURY CIRCLE, the brand new project by ICONCRASH's and SWALLOW THE SUN’s, two times Finnish Grammy-nominated Jaani Peuhu, will release their hotly anticipated debut on August...
Balance Breach release debut album and new lyric video.
BALANCE BREACH steps into the light of the metalcore world today with the release of their debut album "Dead End Diaries" and a new...
26.6.2020 The 69 Eyes: Worldwide Live Stream @ Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki
Europe is slowly but surely recovering from the pandemic and it seems like the moment when we can go to gigs again is beginning...
REVIEW: The Hu – The Gereg (Musicalypse Archive)
Music is truly a universal language and there is simply no other way to explain the landslide level of interest toward the Mongolian band,...
(2000) In Flames – Clayman: Anniversary special
In the year 2000, Swedish melodic death metal group IN FLAMES released a record named “Clayman” through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was their...
(2000) In Flames – Clayman: Anniversary Special (Musicalypse Archive)
Exactly 20 years ago, Gothenburg metallers IN FLAMES released their 5th full-length album, "Clayman." While the Swedes had already enjoyed moderate success in Europe...
REVIEW: Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
With their 2019 release, “Veil of Imagination,” the American progressive metal act WILDERUN impressed a lot of journalists around the globe. Luckily, their efforts...
REVIEW: Carnal Agony – Back from the Grave (Musicalypse Archive)
Every once in a while one hears a single that's so outlandish that you need to listen to the whole album. This was very...
REVIEW: Voivod – EP: The End of Dormancy
Charles Mingus was an American jazz legend, whose unique style drew on such diverse musical sources of inspiration as gospel, blues, free jazz, and...
Playlist of My Life: Henri Flame (Flame) (Musicalypse Archive)
While Finland is largely known for metal, there's been a recent resurgence of '80s-style rock 'n' roll with bands like RECKLESS LOVE, SHIRAZ LANE,...
REVIEW: Al-Namrood – Wala’at
In a subgenre obsessed with being kvlt, true, and underground, what's more metal than risking your own life to tell your stories and share...
Interview with Feuerschwanz — “Live life now to the fullest, death...
Tongue-in-cheek German folk rockers FEUERSCHWANZ are soon releasing a new album, "Das Elfte Gebot," through Napalm Records on 26 June 2020. We had the...


















